Player profile

Ilja Verbaken

FIDE ID: 8907536 (view FIDE profile)
Games: 9 Wins: 4 (44%) Draws: 2 (22%) Losses: 3 (33%)
Dossier

9 of 9 games analyzed.

Accuracy: 83.3%
Opened e4: 5/5
Did not castle: 5Castled kingside: 3Same-side castling: 2Opposite-side castling: 1Castled queenside: 1
Played on the queenside: 5Played on the kingside: 2Fianchettoed queenside: 2Played in the center: 2Fianchettoed kingside: 1
Space advantage: 8Sacrificed material: 6Missed tactics: 6Backward pawn: 5Active pieces: 5Kept the bishop pair: 4Avoided exchanges: 4Played gambits: 3Initiated exchanges: 3Isolated pawn: 2
Openings

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As White 5 games 2W 1D 2L
French Defense 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Advance Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Main Line 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Italian Game 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Two Knights Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Modern Bishop's Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Greco Gambit, Traditional Line 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Scotch Game 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Millennium Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
As Black 4 games 2W 1D 1L
Sicilian Defense 4 games 2W 1D 1L
Kan Variation 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Knight Variation 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Smith-Morra Gambit 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
French Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Blunders Top 4 of 42

This player's costliest moves in analyzed games. Can you find the winning move?

2026.08.04 · 22. Kf1 (−33.4% win chance) 1-0
Yegor Petrov
Ilja Verbaken
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2026.07.23 · 20. Nxc6 (−30.4% win chance) 0-1
Ziqing Fu
Ilja Verbaken
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2026.08.05 · 9. cxd4 (−25.2% win chance) 1-0
Hugo Korsuize
Ilja Verbaken
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2026.08.05 · 13. b3 (−24.5% win chance) 1-0
Hugo Korsuize
Ilja Verbaken
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Games Showing all 9 games
Date Event Round Color Opponent Result Accuracy % First moves